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Surgeon in trouble for removing son's body from plane crash

Police found debris of craft - no body

Thomas Ropp
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 25, 2005 12:00 AM

In a case federal aviation authorities describe as "one of the weirdest
ever," a Paradise Valley surgeon could face federal and state charges
after removing the body of his dead son from a plane crash.

Jacob Lundell, 21, died late Saturday afternoon while doing
touch-and-go maneuvers at the Casa Grande Municipal Airport, police
said.

His father, Dr. Mark Lundell, and a brother witnessed the crash,
authorities said.

Casa Grande police arrived a few minutes later to find the scene of an
obvious fatality - but no body.

"There was a lot of blood and even brain matter in the cockpit," Casa
Grande police Lt. Steve Cantrell said.

Officers said that a witness saw a red pickup truck pull up to the
crash site and that two men removed the body. When the witness asked
the men if he should call 911, the older man said no, they could handle
it, police said.

Case Grande police got the identifying N-number off the plane tail and
located a Paradise Valley address.

They contacted Paradise Valley police who arrived at the Lundell home
seconds before a red pickup pulled up with the body.

Larry Scott, assistant Paradise Valley police chief, said other family
members were present in the driveway, including Deborah Lundell, the
victim's mother.

"They were all in shock," Scott said.

Deborah Lundell told Channel 3 (KTVK) that her husband brought their
son's body home because "he knew my grieving, he knew my heartache; he
knew I needed to see him before they took him away."

Mark Lundell did the right thing in allowing the family to say goodbye,
she told the TV station.

"He may have legally not done the right thing, but morally he did the
right thing," she added.

The body was taken to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office for
an autopsy.

Donn Walker of the FAA's Los Angeles regional office said their
investigator showed up shortly after the Casa Grande police and was
baffled.

"He called up and said we just had a plane crash but can't find the
body," Walker said. "It's one of the most bizarre things I've ever
heard."

Walker said that the victim had neither a pilot's license nor a valid
student pilot's certificate and that the plane, a 1961 Nord owned by
the Lundells, was not registered.

Walker said the FAA is investigating possible federal violations,
including the removal of the body from the crash site.

Andrea Esquer, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Attorney General's Office,
would not comment on the state's position, pending the outcome of the
probe by U.S. authorities.

There are several Arizona statutes that address such situations. One
requires that human body cannot be removed from the scene of a
suspicious death unless a county medical examiner gives permission.

The Lundells have five children. They have appeared in newspaper
articles in connection with their love of flying.

When contacted by The Arizona Republic, the family declined to comment